françaisMay/June2011
Congratulations to Maney
Maney Reaches 100 Journals
Reprinted with permission from Maney Publishing
Maney Publishing, one of the fastest-growing independent journal publishers, has published its 100th journal with the release of the first 2011 issue of Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. The imprint, whose first journals appeared only in 1998, has become a significant publisher of British society journals and in recent years has extended its publishing activity world-wide, working now for a growing number of learned societies, professional bodies and universities in North America and Australia.
"When I launched the imprint of Maney Publishing in 1997," Michael Gallico, Maney’s Managing Director, notes, "the company, since its founding in 1900, enjoyed a very high reputation as a typesetter and printer for societies in the humanities. Now we have developed the full range of skills of a competitive journal publisher, including a strong electronic presence, but have retained that original ethos of individual service and attention to our clients’ needs. Starting from a position where we published not a single journal, to have reached the century mark is a great vote of confidence in our philosophy by a wide range of partners with whom we have much enjoyed working – and to whom we firmly expect to add others in the years ahead."
Read MoreWelcome Rachel Larson
ACS is pleased to welcome Rachel Larson as a full-time member of the Advantage family. Rachel has been working as an intern in the engineering department part-time during school years and full-time over the past four summers. She graduated from the University of Michigan this spring with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the engineering school. (It’s also possible to study computer science through the college of Literature, Science and the Arts.)
Alan Cherney: Programmer Artiste
To Alan Cherney, programming is an art and he happily bears the title of artist. Programming satisfies his creative urge because, as he says, "you’re building something and it involves design and structure." Alan has always been interested in art and computer graphics, and throughout high school he built a portfolio intending to apply to art school. When he began using his computer graphics in simple web program
ming, he found he had a real knack in that area and changed his focus to computer science, with emphasis on art and design. During his last several years in high school and all through college, Alan was able to earn money and gain experience doing freelance computer graphics.
Alan became an intern at ACS while still attending the University of Michigan, and joined fulltime when he graduated with his Bachelors of Science in Computer Science. Here at ACS, Alan has been able to make good use of his graphic abilities in the design of GUI interfaces, splash screens, logos and icons and much more.
Read MorePromotions Management Re-Designed in 2011r1
by Dan Heffernan
For many of you, the letters CPNPMO, when put in that order, conjure up thoughts of vast amounts of detailed information about promotions, views full of item information and pricing, and perhaps some questions about how it all is organized. Well, I have some good news – these issues have been addressed in a re-design of the campaign and promotion setup workspace. In fact, the re-design is so intuitive, we barely need these words to describe it!
For starters, the data has been grouped more clearly by type of promotion, so that all costs for e-promotions are near one another, for example. Also, the workspace uses script technology, where you can customize the way the workspace appears for users establishing different kinds of promotions and campaigns. Why force a user to wade through information that may not apply to their situation? Your marketers will LOVE it!
2011 Webinar Schedule
By Angie Markel
Click on "Read More" for the webinar schedule for the next two quarters .
Be sure to visit the webinar registration page to reserve your spot for these upcoming webinar classes. If you missed a recent webinar and would like it repeated, have questions, or have suggestions for future webinars then email me, Angie Markel.
Read MoreScripted Request System
By Molly Mathe
ACS has developed a Scripted Request System to aid clients in requesting processes and/or jobstreams from scripts which run outside of Advantage. Capsules have been created to allow users to communicate with the Advantage Monitor from the command line, wait until a process finishes and then return a success or failure code. This is not intended to replace the request screens but rather to give clients a way to interface with an enterprise scheduling system for selected processes or jobstreams. The processes still run under the control of the Advantage Monitor and the monitor notifies the scheduling system when the process or jobstream is complete.
The interface to the scripted request system is a powershell named advantage_submit.ps1 that is distributed with Advantage Revisions starting at 2011r1.
Read MorePublication Look-up Calculate Button
by Mike Miklosovic
Have you ever wanted a quick way to tell a customer the cost of a subscription without entering an order?
You can use the Calculate button within the Publication Lookup view, which was introduced at 10R1.
Read MoreAdvantage Voice Mail Now Speaks French
When you call the main ACS phone number (734-327-3600), you now have the option of hearing the greeting and prompts in French. This includes the ability to leave a voicemail message in French, if you so choose. Also in the works is a French version of the Advantage website which will be launching in the next few months. Formidable!
Visit the Advantage Booth at These Trade Shows
ACS will be exhibiting at these industry trade shows in the next few months. Stop by and say hello if you attend.
Society for Scholarly Publications (SSP), June 1 - 3, Boston
Specialized Information Publisher's Association (SIPA), June 5 - 7, Washington DC
FOLIO:/Audience Development, November 1 - 3 New York
ACS Exhibited at UKSG
Dan Heffernan and Cindy Morphew at the UKSG Conference in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK in April.